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GameStop iOS trade-ins a big success

GameStop recently started taking trade-ins on iOS hardware, and it turns out the decision was a great one for the company: President Tony Bartel said in a statement that the program "has exceeded our expectations," especially citing lots of post-holiday traffic, as people bring in their old iPhones and iPads to clear them out of the way for newer models received as presents. GameStop will reportedly pay out up to $300 for iPhones and $400 for iPads, but of course those prices are for the highest-end and latest models. Odds are that you'll get significantly less for an older model or one with no 3G or less RAM flash storage.

But it is interesting to hear that GameStop is seeing lots and lots of devices come in. Unfortunately, they didn't share actual numbers, but I'd argue that there are plenty of other places to get rid of iPhones and iPads -- I've sold my old devices on Craigslist, and just over the Internet to friends and even family. Then again, maybe some people prefer just walking into a GameStop and walking out with store credit or cash. This may be a trend to watch in the new year -- as Apple releases more iterations of their various mobile devices, we'll undoubtedly see more markets like this pop up for older versions and used items.



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drrjv

Game Stop is a rip. They pay practically nothing and sell old stuff for almost list price.

Really wonder if this is a PR ploy to get more traffic into their stores. Free advertising for them!

January 01 2012 at 4:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
K Kousidis

RAM? Seriously, RAM?

December 29 2011 at 10:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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shaunisadirty

Yes, seriously. RAM matters, and Apple needs to stop holding out.

December 29 2011 at 10:57 PM Report abuse -2 rate up rate down Reply
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g33kstr3ss

I am not sure even I know what you mean Shaun. The reference of RAM is a bit odd since the verbiage used to describe storage on an iPad is usually in Gigs or "Drive space". RAM is so old school ; )

December 30 2011 at 1:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down
Jeff

Since I am unable to reply to g33kstr3ss for some reason I'll just reply to you.

"RAM" is not a old school term, and your iPhone 4 has 512MB of it along with the permenant storage space.

You are confusing ram (temporary high speed buffer space) with permenant slower storage space.
The article obviously got it wrong as well since 99% of apple users don't know tech specs beyond the 8/16/32/64 GB storage sizes.

December 30 2011 at 3:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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